The artificial limb put on an African tortoise in the US did not come from a high-tech prosthetics lab. It came from a hardware store. The castor-style wheel cost about $7, said the two Washington State University veterinarians who installed it on the tortoise after amputating a damaged front leg. They say the wheel was […]
Space station to plunge into ocean at end in 2020
A RUSSIAN space official said on Wednesday that once the mammoth International Space Station is no longer needed it will be sent into the Pacific Ocean. It’s a plan that’s long been in the works and is a step to avoid the station becoming dangerous space junk. It was supposed to plunge into the ocean […]
China’s Ai Weiwei hits out at government on Twitter
CHINESE artist Ai Weiwei on Tuesday made his first anti-government comments since his release from detention, using Twitter to hit out at the treatment of colleagues and fellow dissidents. Mr Ai, who has made few public comments since he was freed in June after three months in detention, said colleagues who were incarcerated ‘because of […]
Hong Kong scientists ‘show time travel is impossible’
HONG Kong physicists say they have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein’s theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light – demonstrating that outside science fiction, time travel is impossible. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team led by Du Shengwang said they had proved that a single […]
British police face public anger as riots continue to rage
BRITAIN began flooding London’s streets with 16,000 police officers on Tuesday, nearly tripling their presence as the nation feared its worst rioting in a generation would stretch into a fourth night. The violence has turned buildings into burnt out carcasses, triggered massive looting and spread to other UK cities. Police said they were working full-tilt, […]
Waterfall flows upwards in Australia
EXTREME weather has been battering Australia this week and winds have become so strong that waterfalls have been blown upwards. The strong winds, which are affecting the waterways of southern Australia, have gone up to speeds of 120kmh. Earlier this week, Sydney saw a month’s worth of rain falling in just one day, according to […]
Libya’s Gaddafi urges Misrata notables to fight rebels
MUAMMAR Gaddafi urged families and tribal leaders from Misrata to fight to take back Libya’s third-largest city from rebels who have pushed his troops away after more than four months of bitter fighting. Libyan TV showed footage of Gaddafi meeting at a conference centre in Tripoli with dozens of notables from Misrata and residents of […]
Leopard mauls 11 in fierce fight at Indian village
A SNARLING leopard mauled 11 people in an Indian village and terrorised wildlife officials trying to drive it away before it was tranquillised and died of injuries from the fierce showdown. Forestry officials were forced to flee, dive for cover and even climb up on a jeep to escape the adult, male leopard’s attacks in […]
Death toll from Mumbai triple bombing rises to 20
Source The DEATH toll from last week’s triple bomb blasts in India’s financial hub has risen to 20 as Mumbai police pursue leads gathered from the three blast sites. A police inspector said a man succumbed to severe burn injuries he sustained when a bomb went off in the crowded Jhaveri Bazaar in Mumbai. Mumbai’s […]
Man drinks wife’s blood for three years
THIS real life incident has the making of a scene from some vampire movie. A 22-year-old woman in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal has told the police that her husband drank her blood for the past three years. ‘He used to take a syringe and draw blood from my arms,’ Deepa Ahirwar said. […]